Parasite_Advisory

Maybe you found it in a rack at your local doctor's office or hospital. Maybe it came in your mail. Maybe you're looking at the electronic version online. Or... maybe someone just dropped it carelessly and you decided to read it. Whatever the case, you're now looking at the extensive, constantly-updated advisory list for dangerous parasites, put out by the Nexus CDC (Centers for Disease Control) or equivalent.

--=OOC Info=--

((This alt works by your character meeting one of the parasites listed... or maybe one of their hosts. Then, they get to suffer through the infestation process over however long it takes. If it eats them or otherwise ends their time as a living, sentient being, the RP ends there without fail. But if it's one that keeps its host going... I'd love to play out some of the implications, maybe even ask for a group RP if you were interested, that kind of thing.

You can request a new parasite for an RP, but it is subject to my approval, and then will be added to the list (and credited with a link back to the profile of the alt it was originally made for). I'm a little bit invested in making sure this idea keeps the theme I set out to give it and that each parasite is played accurately... so I'd like it if a player gets my permission before they play out a scene involving their character while infested without my involvement. BUT. I still would like to encourage such behavior, even if I want to quiz them to make sure they know what's inside their character inside-and-out.))

--=Foreword=--

This is the [insert month here] edition of the Nexus CDC's Parasite Advisory booklet. Please read it thoroughly, so as to gain familiarity with each species. Your survival may well depend on it! However, before reading, you should familiarize yourself with some basic terminology.

First of all, each parasite is classed according to its main activity. Sexual parasites somehow interact with the host's sexuality, whether by altering their sexual characteristics (of all types), imitating sexual characteristics, or engaging their hosts in sexual activity. Voracious parasites either consume the host or a part of the host, or grant the host the ability to consume others (usually to the parasite's benefit). Transformative parasites, the last category, actively alter the host's body to some end, whether to better gain nutrients or reproduce, or because the parasite is in and of itself another type of creature's reproductive method.

Then, each parasite is assigned a threat level that increases in number as the severity increases. Threat Level I parasites are mostly benign, or may even be mutualist symbiotes only listed here for completion's sake, and usually only present a negative impact to the host in adapting to whatever changes being infested brings (The Nexus CDC still officially advises that citizens do NOT intentionally infest themselves with a Threat Level I parasite). Threat Level II parasites generally do not cause direct harm to their host, but may significantly alter their lives or body; Most of the more drastic transformative parasites that leave the host's mind intact and do not produce highly dangerous results fall under this category. Threat Level III parasites either directly harm their host in order to carry out their lifecycle, or transform the host while mildly degrading or altering their mind; some of the transformative parasites whose hostile results are less dangerous may also be categorized here. Threat Level IV parasites either cause severe harm to the host during their lifecycle, are transformative parasites that near-completely overwrite the host's mind and personality, or transform the host into a hostile and dangerous creature. Threat Level V is reserved for parasites that are always lethal without treatment, or transformative ones that turn the host into an incredibly dangerous creature. Finally, the thankfully-rare Threat Level VI describes a parasite that leads to very swift death, or transforms its host into an unspeakably dangerous entity. This is not listed in the entry, but rather is a sub-header under which the entries are organized.

Each parasite additionally belongs to a sub-category, based on modes of conduct or physical similarities with other parasites.

Each parasite's known capabilities and lifecycle are presented in their entry to help aid identification, treatment, and coping with infestation if treatment isn't feasible.

Finally, advice on how to avoid infestation, signs of infestation, and other helpful information is provided in the entry.

((In addition, there are three OOC entries.

The first is the Relevant Fetishes section, which quickly lists the fetishes one should expect to be pleased by the parasite in question.

The second is the Scene Ideas section, which explains what I think the best approaches for this parasite are, as well as some sample scene ideas.

Finally, there's the Credits section, which states whether I made this parasite alone (it'll list "Suzune"), on someone's request ("Requested by [alt name]" - I won't 'out' your altlist unless you specifically ask me to.), or didn't make it at all and just included another player's character ("Solely created and played by [alt name]"). I'll never include another player's own parasitic alt unless they give me permission to, and I'll also /never/ play their character for them. It's merely 'free advertising'.))

--=The List=--

-Unsorted and Unfinished-

((Bodysuits: Fleshy skintight suits, sometimes disguised as normal clothing, and /covered/ in violating cilia/tentacles/etc.
Bio-Armor: Multi-segmented 'colony' of creatures with all manner of fleshy appendages, that violates and takes control over the host... then violates and eats other people.
[Unnamed Ballsack Parasite]: Infiltrates a male's ballsack through the penis, drinks his cum for sustenance, than releases its own fluids (maybe with unusual properties) and spawn. Sometimes also sprouts tentacles from the cocktip to perform CV on someone.
[Name-forgotten Bodily Parasite]: Infiltrates a host's body in the form of tons of tentacles, eventually puppeteers it like a sack of flesh. All worm-that-walks-ey.
Feral Parasite: Need to ask Soul_Log for the details again. >.>;
[Unnamed Micro CRAB PEOPLE]: Based on a desire by Relm_Arrowny's player. They invade a body, are sentient and technologically advanced, and eventually convert the host into a mobile, feralized, walking city.
And more...))

-Threat Level I-

Biobelt (This is but only one specimen - some may even abandon the 'belt' portion of the name to simply be tendrils hiding within the orifice)
Activity: Sexual
Sub-Category: Garment
Lifecycle: Biobelts, though they come in various shapes, all share one thing in common - They tend to be helpless alone, entirely dependent on another creature. Usually, this creature is some kind of tentacled creature they're in symbiosis with, but there have been cases of biobelts intentionally engineered or bred by civilized races. Their symbiotic partner takes care of the biobelt's reproductive needs and gives them to their hosts as well.
Capabilities: Biobelts have very limited capabilities. They cannot reproduce without help, usually do not have bodies with great mobility or power, and possess no special abilities. However, they highly capable in pleasuring sentient beings.
Helpful Information: As a Threat Level I parasite, there is almost no danger involved in its presence. Indeed, the only way one can become infested is if one is forced to wear the creature by another sentient being, or willingly uses it. Sometimes, the symbiotic creatures that spread these parasites will alter their host's mind to make them uninterested in removing them. Addiction to wearing biobelts is possible, but it will never be a biochemical addiction.
((Relevant Fetishes: Tentacles, Penetration/'Cunnilingus'/'Analingus'/'Fellatio', [Possibly] Stealth Masturbation
Scene Ideas: Maybe you just bought a biobelt to play with or use on your slave/pet/submissive lover/etc, perhaps you've been forced to use one in the process of having your will broken by a future master... or perhaps one of those tentacled creatures gives you one to keep you blissfully compliant.
EXTRA NOTE: It is far more likely that biobelts will be usable with minimal fuss from this alt's player, since they're very simple and have many varieties.
Credits: Created by Suzune, based on art from the H-Game Shinshoku 3.))


-Threat Level II-

Phallic Worms (See profile image)
Activity: Sexual and Transformative
Sub-Category: Parasitic Appendage
Lifecycle: Phallic worms enter the host's vagina, often either due to sexual contact with another host, intentional infestation, or from worms entering during sleep. The worm larvae can survive outside of a vagina for months at a time, which helps them in finding a new host if there are no present hosts willing to transmit them by copulation. Once inside, the worms quickly settle into the vaginal walls, and start reproducing and growing, until the walls are rife with fleshy lumps and crawling worms. Once the population has reached critical mass, one worm (usually the largest) receives the overpopulation signal, and begins transforming itself over the space of a few weeks into a large, inhuman phallus, which completely replaces the host's vagina by way of blocking it. The host shares sensations with this phallus, and on climax, it ejaculates both something resembling seminal fluid, and numerous worms. Because the worms will only embed into vaginal tissue, only females are at risk of infestation.
Capabilities: Phallic worms are very limited in capability. They can only infest vaginal tissue, grow the namesake phallus, and link nerves with the host on doing so.
Helpful Information: To avoid infestation, do not handle the larvae, and avoid intercourse with a known late-term host. The only way to tell if a host is infested or not is the presence of worms nearby, or the phallus itself.
((Relevant Fetishes: Gender Change
Scene Ideas: Maybe you meet and are seduced by a host... or perhaps you're possessed by the urge to buy some on the black market for yourself... you might even just have them crawl into you during the night.
Credits: Created by Suzune, based on images by the artist @work.))

-Threat Level III-

Earworm (Queen specimen preparing to inject the parasite into a victim - note the tentacle entering her ear.)
Activity: Sexual and Transformative
Sub-Category: Full-body Infestor
Lifecycle: The Earworm, as it has become colloquially known, has two distinct forms, the Queen, and the Drone. A Queen Earworm's appearance does not really reflect their name - instead, they are massive extradimensional pockets loaded with tentacles. On encountering either a dimensional weakpoint, or a particularly foolhardy or incompetent summoner, the Queen will bring them inside of the flesh-lined pocket, and thoroughly violate their bodies. Once the prospective host is weakened by this activity, the Queen will then deploy its injector tentacle, which deposits a small worm-like creature into the host's ear (This is where it gets its name). The worm burrows into the ear canal of the host (bypassing the eardrum and all other obstacles through means unknown), heads for the brain, and then proceeds to embed itself inside the tissue. Interviewed hosts describe being communicated with by the Queen telepathically, which attempts to break their will or convince them to willingly accept infestation. This is not actually necessary, though. Drones' hosts can also spread the parasite, using their altered tongues as the injector tentacle. However, when a Drone infests a new host, it is the previous host that communicates with them, and actually has some influence on the way that the new host's mind is altered. It is theorized that Drones may eventually be able to mature into Queens, allowing them to spread the infestation to the next plane.
Capabilities: Queens exhibit limited telepathy, limited dimensional travel, the ability to manifest multiple forms of tentacles and fleshy appendages, and quite possibly more undocumented powers. Drones, on the other hand, grossly alter their hosts. A host that lacks a penis will gain one, while male/herm hosts will have their penis altered - regardless of the case, the resultant phallus is prehensile, and is tipped in a three-petaled opening that can unfold to deploy a smaller and more malleable tendril. The host also gains the ability to extrude an unknown quantity of tentacles from their back. The host's tongue becomes a long tentacle of its own, and is the vector for additional infestations. They also may exhibit other alterations - one that has been documented is the formation of light-emitting organs, whether as modifications of their clitoris and nipples, veins running along their tentacles, or as small lumps running down their body. The full extent of changes possible to a Drone host has not been documented yet. Finally, the actual Earworm vector is, in addition to producing a new Drone, capable of rewriting the host's brain - new hosts are programmed to have greatly increased libidos, accept their new form, hold spreading the infestation as one of their most important duties, lose many if not all of their sexual inhibitions, and then any modifications applied by the Queen or Drone the vector originated from.
Helpful Information: To avoid infestation by Earworms, never perform summoning magics without a clear state of mind and ample knowledge of the discipline; avoid dimensional instabilities; avoid contact with the infested. The infestation can be detected easily if a host has exposed their changed anatomy, but properly-used clothing can conceal these tells - most Drones will do this. The heightened libido, and possibly a preoccupation with the prospective host's ears, can also be used to detect infestation.
((Relevant Fetishes: Tentacles, Mind Control, Unconventional Penetration, Body Horror
Scene Ideas: Earworms having two forms adds a bit more variety. You might have accidentally (or intentionally if you're particularly twisted) summoned a Queen, or failing that, maybe someone you know has become a Drone recently...
Credits: Co-created by Suzune and LeantReaver.))

Vaginomastites (Seen here at point of birthing the new brood)
Activity: Sexual, Voracious, and Transformative
Sub-Category: Transformative Brooder
Lifecycle: The Vaginomastite lifecycle is simple and brief, even if the adult form can linger for a long time before finding a suitable host for its young. Larvae are born, and seek warm, damp places where they can hide and feed as scavengers. The larvae fatten themselves up for a while, and then, following a hormonal trigger, embed themselves somewhere hidden. Over time, the embedded parasite-to-be uses tendrils that it grows, to capture more food as it slowly develops. On maturity (a process that takes many months, depending on available food), the adult then seeks a humanoid to impregnate with its spawn. On finding them - it has no gender preference - the creature quietly abducts them and brings them towards its roots. It is instinctively compelled to pleasure their victim however it can, and when they have become exhausted, the creature injects a mutagenic fluid that will expand the victim's breasts... and then cause them to change from milk-bearing organs (or vestigial milk-bearing organs, depending), into a pair of orifices resembling somewhat shallow vaginas, complete with labia and clitoris. Once this process is complete, eggs are injected, and the host is nurtured and kept trapped until they are about to give birth. While some Vaginomastites fail this step, most attempt to then release the host, knowing it will soon release the larvae to start the process anew elsewhere.
Capabilities: Adolescent and adult specimens can swallow up to mid-sized creatures with feeding tendrils for sustenance; adults can transform the breasts and nipples of the host and then lay their eggs; and adolescent and adult specimens are capable of most feats common to the family of tentacled creatures.
Helpful Information: To avoid infestation, exercise caution around places frequented by people with unusually large breasts (especially those with otherwise-masculine features, as this is a sign of a formerly-male host) as the adult that infested them is likely very close, and stay out of humid underground areas. Usually, infested hosts are not any threat, since the larvae cannot perform the transformation needed. However, since the physical changes are permanent, some hosts may either seek the parasites again (oftentimes with uninfected friends), or as is common in Nexus, learn how to use their newfound orifices for the purposes of vore, so remain wary.
((Relevant Fetishes: Breast Expansion, Tentacle Vore [When the adolescent/adult is feeding], Breast [Nipple] Vore [For a former/current host], Gender Change.
Scene Ideas: Maybe an adult seizes you from a dark alley or the subway to either eat you or infest you... perhaps a former host brings you with them to experience the pleasure their transformation gives... or maybe a former (or current!) host decides to use their nipplecunts for vorish ends.
Credits: Created by Suzune. Based on art by obui.))

-Threat Level IV-

Brood Heart (No image on record. Very rare. Often described as some kind of small insect-like creature.)
Activity: Transformative [Also assumes activity types of consumed parasites]
Sub-Category: Chimeric Parasite
Lifecycle: How Brood Hearts reproduce, or their reasoning on seeking hosts is unknown. What is known, is that they will embed themselves in the host's heart, and then draw other parasites to the host... which it will then consume and assimilate. This means that no two Brood Hearts are exactly the same, unless they are both elder specimens that live in an area with limited parasite biodiversity.
Capabilities: The Brood Heart is slightly supernatural - or at least, transcends what was normally thought to be the limit of biological change - in its ability to control the flesh of its host and assimilated parasites. It, for example, regenerates the heart it lives in almost immediately after entering, and is capable of showing or concealing any of the host's assimilated parasites (even reversing changes wrought by transformative-types). Oftentimes, it will also extend this ability to protecting its host, through giving them absurd levels of regenerative ability. Reports also suggest that, unlike the vast majority of parasites, Brood Hearts are sentient. Their motives or possible personalities are unknown.
Helpful Information: Brood Hearts are usually undetectable once they've taken root - the only good tell is a host exhibiting either multiple other infestations, or exhibiting different infestations at different times. Also, while being the host of a Brood Heart, avoiding contact with other parasites may possibly be impossible, but do not under any circumstances come into contact with Fleshdrinker Slime. Brood Hearts are known to intentionally avoid Fleshdrinker Slime, and despite their rarity, the one documented case of the two parasites co-infesting a host exists as a solid warning against the situation - The Brood Heart cannot resist assimilation of the Slime until it is far too late, and the Slime's excessive reproductive rate usually explodes out of control, taking as long as half an hour for the Brood Heart to finally 'conceal' an outbreak (in actuality, destroying all living Slime microbes even as it remembers their genetic code), constantly regenerating itself and its host to survive the struggle for control of the body. The pain was described as "Unimaginable", and had the even more disturbing implication of allowing the combined creature to possibly manifest the Slime at-will.
((Relevant Fetishes: Body Horror, [Any Fetishes Covered by its Assimilated Parasites].
Scene Ideas: Encountering one wandering about - possibly even communicating with it first (maybe even /agreeing/ to be its host). Having one nearby show pity on you and save you from a fatal wound... in exchange, of course, for allowing it to collect parasites...
Credits: Co-created by Suzune and Soul_Log.))

-Threat Level V-

-Threat Level VI-

Fleshdrinker Slime (No image on record. Typically appears as pink sludge.)
Activity: Voracious
Sub-Category: Anathema to All Organic Life
Lifecycle: The Fleshdrinker Slime is actually a colony of single-cellular organisms possessing a nearly unnatural metabolic and reproductive process. Somehow, Fleshdrinker microbes are able to rapidly dissolve cells into an organic slurry, consume it, and then almost immediately start dividing into more. The unnatural part comes in just how rapid the process is - a standard human will become a sludge of nutrients and microbes in the space of half a minute.
Capabilities: Can seep through almost any crack. Will destroy organic materials and some kinds of minerals, but leaves inorganics unaffected - absolutely no organic material of any hardness can avoid consumption. Attracted to warmth.
Helpful Information: If it is even suspected that Fleshdrinker Slime may be in the area, evacuate immediately - Unlike other parasites, do not worry about becoming an unwitting carrier, as due to its rapid fatality timeline you will die within only steps of the location of contact. Do not stand near victims - the process of digestion usually causes splattering and spreading of the slime (including from the pained spasms of the victim), and even contact with a mere droplet will allow it to feed. Heavily-armored and hermetically-sealed environment suits are nearly the only acceptable protective gear for dealing with an outbreak, and judicious use of fire is recommended for cleansing.
((Relevant Fetishes: Digestion, Pain
Scene Ideas: Fleshdrinker Slime doesn't provide much in the way of scenes on its own, and will usually end its victims extremely quickly. As such, it's best used as a threat/terror, as a way for another person to dispose of the victim, or as just one of many possible fates for a group of characters.
Credits: Created by Suzune.))

((The Tone Within amidst the Sacred_Bells.))